Artist statement
b.1980, United Kingdom
Matt James Smith is an artist based in Newcastle upon Tyne. His work is often an attempt to excavate the subjective history of a particular landscape or place through the use of lens-based media. Recent research has been centered around ideas of the 'unpresentable' (the sublime, the uncanny, the traumatic) in relation to the industrial landscape.
Qualifications and training
- 2011 PhD (practice-led) Fine Art, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne (AHRC funded)
- 2009 Introduction to Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne
- 2008 Advanced Documentary Filmmaking, University of Sunderland, Tyne & Wear
Employment
- 2009 Postgraduate Teaching, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne
Solo exhibitions
- 2011 Matt Smith: Selected Films 2002-2010, MK Gallery, Milton Keynes
- 2008 Paper Lanterns, Arts Council England NE Offices, Newcastle upon Tyne
- 2004 Recent Work, Bearpark Artist's Co-op, UK
Group exhibitions
- 2010 RENDER10, Globe City Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
- 2007 Drawing the New (Arts Council Funded Project), The Customs House, South Shields, Tyne & Wear (more info)
- 2006 Departures, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle
- 2005 Cultural Landscapes, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle
- 2005 Eyes Wide Open, Side Cinema, Newcastle
- 2005 Frei Inc, Galerie Modern Studio, Freising, Germany
- 2004 Measure-Up 2, Stroud House Gallery, Glos.
- 2004 Projection Room, Candid Arts Trust, London
- 2003 Soup, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester
Workshops
- 2004 Art classes for adults with learning disabilities, Bearpark Artists Co-Op, Durham
- 2004 Children's art workshop, Bearpark Artists Co-Op, Durham
Projects
- 2007 Animation Project (Arts Council Funded), Bearpark Artists Co-op, Durham (more info)
Competitions, prizes and awards
- 2009 AHRC travel award, Figuring Landscapes programme, UK
- 2007 AHRC travel award, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
- 2007 AHRC funding for PhD, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne
- 2006 Arts Council "Grant for the Arts", Arts Council England NE, Newcastle upon Tyne
- 2006 Bartlett Travel Award, (bursary), Bern, Switzerland
- 2005 AHRC funding for MFA, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne
- 2005 Socrates-Erasmus Exchange Programme, Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, Munich, Germany
- 2004 ESF funding for MFA (1st year), Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne
- 2004 NewContemporaries (shortlisted), Bloomberg, London/Liverpool
Educational experience - tertiary
- 2009 Undergraduate Teaching, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne
Educational experience - special needs
- 2007 Art classes for adults with learning disabilities, Bearpark Artists Co-Op, Durham
